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O3a-orrery-screenshoot
Orrery Simulation of O3a Events
November 7, 2021
LIGO Lab • Simulation Video
O3a catalog merger animations
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Orrery Simulation of O3b Events
November 7, 2021
LIGO Lab • Simulation Video
Cartoon orrery of new O3b events from the GWTC-3 catalog
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Artist's impression of a neutron star and black hole in t...
June 29, 2021
LIGO Lab • Simulation Video
Artist’s impression of a neutron star and black hole in the process of merging.
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Disruption of a neutron star as it merges with a black hole
June 29, 2021
LIGO Lab • Simulation Video
Visualization of a neutron star disruption as it merges with a black hole.
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Simulation of an NSBH coalescence consistent with GW200115
June 29, 2021
LIGO Lab • Simulation Video
Simulation of an NSBH coalescence consistent with GW200115
Nsbh-merger-visualization
Visualization of a NSBH binary merger consistent with GW2...
June 29, 2021
LIGO Lab • Simulation Video
Visualization of gravitational waves from an NSBH binary merger consistent with GW200105.
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Numerical relativity simulation of the GW190521 merger
September 2, 2020
LIGO Lab • Simulation Video
Numerical simulation of GW190521
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Numerical simulation of a heavy black-hole merger (GW190521)
September 2, 2020
LIGO Lab • Simulation Video
NR simulation of a binary black home merger consistent with GW190521
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Visualization of the binary black hole merger GW190814
June 23, 2020
LIGO Lab • Simulation Video
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GW190412: Binary Black Hole Merger
April 20, 2020
LIGO Lab • Simulation Video
Numerical simulation of a black-hole binary merger with asymmetric masses and orbital precession.
Gw190425.mpi-nikhef
Simulation of the neutron star coalescence GW190425
January 6, 2020
LIGO Lab • Simulation Video
A numerical simulation representing the binary neutron star coalescence and merger of the GW190425 event.
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GW190425 Simulation
January 6, 2020
LIGO Lab • Simulation Video
A numerical relativity simulation of a binary neutron star system compatible with the source of the GW190425 signal.
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LIGO/Virgo Binary-Black-Hole Orrery
December 3, 2018
LIGO Lab • Simulation Video
A visualization of the merging black holes that LIGO and Virgo have observed so far.
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Ripples in Spacetime Pond
June 15, 2016
Simulation Video
An animation showing the merger of two black holes and the gravitational waves that ripple outward during the GW151226 event, detected by LIGO on Dec. 26, 2015.
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Simulation of the binary black-hole coalescence GW151226
June 15, 2016
Simulation Video
The video shows a numerical simulation of the gravitational-wave event GW151226 associated with a binary black-hole coalescence.
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Spiraling Black Holes
February 11, 2016
Simulation Video
A computer simulation of gravitational waves from merging black holes, based on data acquired Sept. 14, 2015 by the LIGO detectors.
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Warped Space and Time Around Colliding Black Holes
February 11, 2016
Simulation Video
This computer simulation shows the warping of space and time around two colliding black holes observed by LIGO on September 14, 2015. Gravitational waves are ripples in the shape of space and flow of time.
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Black Hole Waves Simulation
February 11, 2016
Simulation Video
This simulation depicts the birth, 1.3 billion years ago, of the gravitational waves discovered by LIGO on September 14, 2015.  The waves are generated by two black holes that spiral around each other, then collide and merge.
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Two Black Holes Merge into One
February 11, 2016
Simulation Video
A computer simulation shows the collision of two black holes, a tremendously powerful event detected for the first time ever by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO. LIGO detected gravitational waves, or ripples in space and...
 
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